LAHORE: Provincial Finance Minister Makhdoom Hashim Jawan Bakht said on Saturday that 41 percent of the next ADP (Annual Development Plan) would be spent on provision of basic facilities of life in the backward districts of Punjab. Hashim Jawan said that programmes relating to the agricultural sector would be incorporated in schools’ textbooks and made part of technical training courses to facilitate people of southern Punjab comprising 54 percent of the population of the province. Punjab Finance Minister said that local people would be preferred for teaching staff that would help ensure teachers’ presence in educational institutions. Planning was also being made for the construction of link roads and industrial zones in southern Punjab. Punjab Finance Minister also directed the Urban Planning Unit to formulate projects in coordination with respective departments to be incorporated in the next ADP.

Source: Pakistan Today April 13, 2019 17:15 UTC